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Aug 29 2022
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Is Biden About to Abandon Another U.S. Embassy?
Things are starting to get dicey at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad after months of missile attacks from Iranian backed groups and political unrest in the country against the current government.
According to reports on the ground, U.S. Embassy personnel are being evacuated by helicopter as the situation rapidly deteriorates.
No official word yet from the White House of State
TownhallFeb 26 2024
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Air Force man sets himself on fire outside Israeli embassy in Washington DC
A member of the US Air Force is in a critical condition after setting himself on fire in front of the Israeli embassy in Washington.
Officers from the US Secret Service extinguished the flames before the man was taken to hospital on Sunday afternoon with serious injuries.
The US Air Force confirmed an active-duty serviceman was involved but he has not been identified.
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BBC NewsJun 10 2023
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U.S. gives Havana embassy a facelift after years of neglect
When the U.S. embassy in Havana reopened last May to Cubans seeking visas after a nearly five-year hiatus, the once proud 1950s vintage building was in shambles.
Pieces of its stone facade were crumbling from top floors, threatening passersby. A rusty perimeter fence, decrepit and obsolete, wobbled with the trade winds. Hurricane Irma had damaged lower windows, a guard post, and granite
ReutersSep 13 2012
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U.S. Embassy in Yemen stormed; new protests reported at other embassies
The U.S. Embassy in Yemen was briefly breached by protesters on Thursday, and American diplomatic compounds throughout the Muslim world remained on high alert, as outrage spread over a mysterious anti-Muslim film apparently made in the United States.
Washington PostApr 05 2024
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Ecuadorean police officers stand outside the Mexican embassy where they forcibly removed the former Ecuador Vice President Jorge Glas in Quito
Colorado Springs GazetteApr 23 2024
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Drone, rocket attacks targeted US forces in Iraq, US officials say
U.S. forces in Iraq and Syria faced two separate rocket and explosive drone attacks in less than 24 hours, Iraqi security sources and U.S. officials told Reuters on Monday, the first reported after a near three-month pause.
At least one armed drone was launched at the Ain al-Asad air base that hosts U.S. troops in the western Iraqi province of Anbar, a U.S. official said.
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ReutersApr 09 2024
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Police officers in riot gear patrol outside the Ecuadorean embassy after Ecuadorean authorities arrested former Vice President Jorge Glas, in Mexico City
Colorado Springs GazetteApr 25 2024
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‘That bridge was a symbol of us’
Robert and Kristian Hayes and their 6-year-old son, Gage, of Maryland view the wreckage of the bridge in early April. (André Chung/for The Washington Post) In Dundalk, Md., residents grapple with the sudden, surreal loss of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, a local landmark and economic artery for decades “It’s like a death — a friend is gone,” said Rhonda Green Randolph, 59, who recalls the
Washington PostFeb 25 2024
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Man set himself on fire outside Israeli Embassy, reportedly over war in Gaza
A man who reportedly self-identified as an active duty member of the U.S. Air Force set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. Sunday in protest of the country's destructive war in Gaza. Onlookers described the man, dressed in military fatigues, walked in front of the embassy's gates and announced his armed forces affiliation before saying he "could no longer be
KTUL 8Oct 18 2023
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Rioters set fire to US Embassy in Beirut after Hezbollah calls for ‘day of rage’
One man was seen scaling a fence outside of the embassy, waving a Palestinian flag above the crowd, which also flew Hamas flags. Rioters also set fire to a building behind the embassy gates. Biden was set to attend a summit in Amman, Jordan, which would have included leaders King Abdullah II of Jordan, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, and President Abbas of the Palestinian Authority,
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